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The Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid. It is the oldest of 7 wonders of the ancient world, and the only one to remain largely intact. It is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids. The Colossus of Rhodes. It inspired the French sculptor, Auguste Bratholdi, to make his famous work, the Statue of Liberty.

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The Great Pyramid

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  1. The Great Pyramid • It is the oldest of 7 wonders of the ancient world, and the only one to remain largely intact. • It is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids.

  2. The Colossus of Rhodes • It inspired the French sculptor, Auguste Bratholdi, to make his famous work, the Statue of Liberty. • It is believed that it took 900 camels to transport the pieces of the Colossus from Rhodes to Syria.

  3. The Lighthouse of Alexandria • It is the 7th Wonder. • It was the first that was built for a practical, safety-oriented purpose. • Supposedly, there was originally a statue of Poseidon on the summit of the building.

  4. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassis • Mausoleum was the fifth oldest Wonder. • It was worked on by 2 architects named Satyros and Pythios, and 4 Greek sculptors named Bryaxis, Leochares, Scopas, and Timotheus. • It was as high as a modern 14 story building.

  5. TheTemple of Artemis • It was the third oldest Wonder. • Pilgrims, Merchants, Tourists, Artisans, Peasants and Kings from all over came as visitors to see the splendor and beauty of the Temple; the famous treasure, the Statue of Artemis; to worship and pay homage to Artemis and to add to the overflowing heaps of treasures in the Temple. • This earliest temple supposedly contained a sacred stone, probably fallen from Jupiter.

  6. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon • It is the second oldest of the Wonders. • The well system they used was thefirst and only of itskind in Babylon. • It contained exotic plants and animals, which were imported from all over the world.

  7. The Statue of Zeus • The Statue of Zeus was made of ivory, the robe,hair, armor, sandals and other details were madeof gold, some glass or semi-precious jewels mayhave been on the statue and the throne was made of cedar wood and wasinlayed with ebony, ivory,gold and jewels. • It is the smallest of all the Wonders. • It is the 4th oldest Wonder

  8. tkk • People have only uncovered a small fraction of the total ‘army’. The entire number of soldiers is hypothesized to be around 8,000. That does not include 130 chariots, 530 horses, and 150 cavalry horses. • An old Chinese farmer found the terracotta army on his farm when he tried to dig a well right through them!

  9. Credits This presentation was brought to you by Kroger! (just kidding) This was created by Megan Lavilla And Emma Wright. We hope you liked this and have a nice day, thank you very much. (We would have added coins of the wonders but this seemed long enough, and we didn’t want you to get bored.) Mrs. Donahue, if you want to see them then we’ll show you.

  10. Thank You Thank You for watching The

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